Abbas Ali Haif
Department of English Language and Literature, College of Education for Humanities, Wasit University, Wasit, Iraq.
Int J Semiot Law. 2022;35(3):883-902. doi: 10.1007/s11196-020-09745-2. Epub 2020 Jul 3.
This article critically studies coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic news in the press. The article attempts to study the way the news of COVID-19 is used for political and ideological purposes. In order to achieve the aim, two newspapers namely, The New York Times from the United States of America and Global Times from China are selected. Van Dijk's news schemata framework is used for the analysis of the reports selected from the two newspapers. Van Dijk's news schemata is crucial for the analysis of any news story (report) whether such a news story is taken from a news channel or a newspaper and whether broadcasted or printed. Based on data analysis, the article found out that the news of COVID-19 has been politicized and used for ideological interests. The article recommends that pandemics should not be politicized, instead we should work together to save our lives and live peacefully.
本文批判性地研究了媒体上有关冠状病毒（COVID-19）大流行的新闻。文章试图研究COVID-19新闻被用于政治和意识形态目的的方式。为了实现这一目标，选取了两份报纸，即美国的《纽约时报》和中国的《环球时报》。范·迪克的新闻图式框架被用于分析从这两份报纸中选取的报道。范·迪克的新闻图式对于分析任何新闻报道（报道）至关重要，无论该新闻报道是来自新闻频道还是报纸，也无论其是广播还是印刷形式。基于数据分析，文章发现COVID-19新闻已被政治化并用于意识形态利益。文章建议，大流行不应被政治化，相反，我们应该共同努力拯救生命并和平生活。
